From: Vaz, Sharon A. [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 10:41 AM
Subject: FW: NCI R2R Cyber-Seminar on Public Health Genomics

Sharon Vaz, MSGC, BSN

Chief, Screening and Special Services

Oklahoma State Department of Health

1000 N.E. 10th St, Room 709

OKC, OK  73117-1299

(405)271-6617; (405)271-4892 (fax)

From: Schully, Sheri (NIH/NCI) [E]
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 3:05 PM
To: List PHGIG
Subject: NCI R2R Cyber-Seminar on Public Health Genomics

This may be of interest to many of the List subscribers

Collaborating for Impact:  Public Health Genomics and Cancer Control Tuesday, April 16th, 2013, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET The field of public health genomics has exploded over the last several years as more and more states are collaborating around cost-efficient, evidence-based methods to enhance cancer screening and prevention efforts.  Join the National Cancer Institute and Research to Reality (R2R) on April 16^th as we explore opportunities and advances in this exciting field and the opportunities for collaboration between state and local health departments, cancer registries, and research institutions, to improve the care and programs provided across the states.      April’s cyber-seminar will feature three partners who are working together around several exciting public health genomic initiatives in Michigan.  Debra Duquette from the Michigan Department of Community Health will provide an overview of how Michigan, as well as several other states, are creating innovative initiatives in genomics through cooperative agreements, collaborations with cancer registries,  and will share some lessons learned relevant to other states/organizations looking to develop, fund, and implement similar initiatives in their own states. Glenn Copeland, Director of the Michigan Cancer Surveillance Program and Michigan State Cancer Registrar, and Director of the Michigan Birth Defects Registries, will describe the specific effort the Cancer Registry has done to create a bi-directional reporting system and its role in developing and improving cancer control interventions and programs. Finally, Dr. Maria Katapodi, University of Michigan School of Nursing, will discuss the opportunities for, and role of researchers, in public health genomics research and practice.  She will discuss a recent research study exploring how to improve adherence to screening guidelines with young breast cancer survivors and their families. Additionally we will be joined by representatives from Connecticut (Beverly Burke), Colorado (Dr. Jan Lowery and Randi Rycroft), and Florida (Dr. Tuya Pal) for the question and answer portion of the webinar so we can also learn from the exciting work those states are doing in the arena of public health genomics.
Speakers:
Debra Duquette, MS, CGC Genomics Coordinator and Program Manager, Michigan Department of Community Health	Glenn Copeland Director, Michigan Cancer Surveillance Program; Director, Michigan Birth Defects Registries; State Registrar, Michigan Cancer Registry	Maria Katapodi, PhD, RN, FAAN Assistant Professor, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholar, University of Michigan School of Nursing
Register Now! Please click on the following link for more information and to register for this event: https://researchtoreality.cancer.gov/cyber-seminars. Following registration, you will receive a confirmation email with the toll free number, web URL, and participant passcode.  This cyber-seminar will be archived on the Research to Reality (R2R) web site at http://researchtoreality.cancer.gov approximately one week following the presentation. Cyber-Seminar Archive If you have missed any of the previous cyber-seminars, you can view them all on the R2R Archive.  Watch the presentations, and join in the discussions.   For more information on the cyber-seminar series please email [log in to unmask].